screm Posted June 19, 2014 Report Share Posted June 19, 2014 Alun Rossiter#26 @AJROSCO 11m Get well soon @DavidWatt24 anybody fancy a guest booking at Leicester Saturday rohan tungate @rohantungate 15m Hope @DavidWatt24 is ok nasty crash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duane Posted June 19, 2014 Report Share Posted June 19, 2014 Just got sent a text msg from Watty, that's agent watt to u keyboard warriors, he has fractured his T3 & T4. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E I Addio Posted June 19, 2014 Report Share Posted June 19, 2014 Just got sent a text msg from Watty, that's agent watt to u keyboard warriors, he has fractured his T3 & T4. According to Rory Schlein on twitter the cause was a certain rider ".going down the Nicki route ". Plenty of fans will be furious if that turns out to be true when we know a bit more. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agrotron Posted June 19, 2014 Report Share Posted June 19, 2014 What happened? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mjolnir Posted June 19, 2014 Report Share Posted June 19, 2014 Get well soon Davey! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyE Posted June 20, 2014 Report Share Posted June 20, 2014 The name of Martin Smolinski has been mentioned elsewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityrebel Posted June 20, 2014 Report Share Posted June 20, 2014 Maybe a short term recall for swiderski. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveLyric2 Posted June 20, 2014 Report Share Posted June 20, 2014 Davey's been sacked by his Swedish club today!! Shocking behaviour!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shale Searcher Posted June 20, 2014 Report Share Posted June 20, 2014 Davey's been sacked by his Swedish club today!! Shocking behaviour!! Thats a tad harsh..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Smith Posted June 22, 2014 Report Share Posted June 22, 2014 SCB's youtube clip from the dangerous rider's thread See for yourself. From what I can tell though, most cerainly not Smolis fault. Can't see how any blame can be laid at Smolinski's door to be honest 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E I Addio Posted June 22, 2014 Report Share Posted June 22, 2014 SCB's youtube clip from the dangerous rider's thread Can't see how any blame can be laid at Smolinski's door to be honest Mention it to Roo-boy next time you are near the pits at Kings Lynn and see what he says. Rory was apparently in the same race and blames Smolinski. He seems adamant that it was Smoli to blame. Difficult for any of us who weren't there to tell from a single amateur camera shot from the other side of the track whether Smoli went off line or left racing room. The good news is that despite earlier fears it now seems that Davey has not broken anything so hopeful he will be back earlier than expected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marko Posted June 22, 2014 Report Share Posted June 22, 2014 Have watched that several times and my opinion is that Smolinski came off bend two and moved out along the back straight towards the outer part of the track, Davey appeared to gain a lot of speed from behind was preparing to mount a challenge around the outside but the gap was closing all the time and rather than shut off he went in committed then had to bail out, brave move granted but it was his own fault for taking such a risk imo. sorry but i cant see anything naughty there. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Custom House Kid Posted June 23, 2014 Report Share Posted June 23, 2014 (edited) Difficult to tell from the angle of the video, however, was the appropriate amount of racing room left? I would not like to comment from those shots as to who was at fault, only say some riders leave less room than others and in turn expect more room to be left for them (no names).Not aimed at Smolinski or Watt though, I have always found Watt to be a very fair rider and have not seen enough of Smolinski to form an opinion. Edited June 23, 2014 by Custom House Kid 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marko Posted June 23, 2014 Report Share Posted June 23, 2014 Have a look at Martin's position exiting bend two and then where he is entering bend three, he is on the other side of the track but has got there over the length of the straight as opposed to a sudden vicious movement to the right, as the rider in the lead he is entitled to pick the line he wants, Davey just got unlucky because he gambled that Martin would not move out as far as he did. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Smith Posted June 23, 2014 Report Share Posted June 23, 2014 Have a look at Martin's position exiting bend two and then where he is entering bend three, he is on the other side of the track but has got there over the length of the straight as opposed to a sudden vicious movement to the right, as the rider in the lead he is entitled to pick the line he wants, Davey just got unlucky because he gambled that Martin would not move out as far as he did. Absolutely, the speed Watt was carrying down the back straight Smolinski never knew he was even there. Watt was going at some speed into turn three compared to the others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mjolnir Posted June 23, 2014 Report Share Posted June 23, 2014 The good news is that despite earlier fears it now seems that Davey has not broken anything so hopeful he will be back earlier than expected. Quite a relief - very good news! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveLyric2 Posted June 23, 2014 Report Share Posted June 23, 2014 Absolutely, the speed Watt was carrying down the back straight Smolinski never knew he was even there. Watt was going at some speed into turn three compared to the others. Speedway riders going at speed!!! Whatever next?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E I Addio Posted June 23, 2014 Report Share Posted June 23, 2014 Absolutely, the speed Watt was carrying down the back straight Smolinski never knew he was even there. Watt was going at some speed into turn three compared to the others. How do you know whether Smolinski knew he was there ? True he doesn't have eyes in the back of his head but most riders at that level know exactly what is going on around them and know what it takes to cover their position. Personally I found it very difficult to be sure about the point o f contact or indeed if there was any contact although other reports say there was. It looks like the point of impact was roughly where Smoli was starting to slide the bike into the bend. Did he deliberately sick hi back wheel out a bit far to block a move from the outside ? Who knows, we can but speculate. Rory Schlein , who was in the same race and therefore got a good view of it says it was Smoli's fault. Just because Rory says so it doesn't mean he is right, but his opinion must be as valid as trying to make a judgment based on a video camera shot from 100 metres away. We have all seen on Sky how different camera shots from different positions can give different impressions . If you are satisfied it was Watt's fault fine but don't expect everyone else to be equally convinced. It may well prove to be the case that it was Watts fault but I would like to get Davey's take on it before forming an opinion one way or the other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falcon Hammer Posted June 23, 2014 Report Share Posted June 23, 2014 Doubt Smolinski did anything deliberately: his reckless moves are generally diving under a rider into the bend (over enthusiasm) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyE Posted June 24, 2014 Report Share Posted June 24, 2014 Deliberately reckless then? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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